Desk.



F. B. STEVENS.

- DESK. APPLlCATION FILED EBIZ, 1912.

1,156,443., LPatented 0t.12,1915.

W/ TNISSES. l/VVf/V TUR FRANK B. STEVENS, F WHITESBORQ, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. i2, i915.

Application iled February 12,1912.. Serial No. 677,017.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK B. STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVhitesboro, in the county of Oneida and Stateof New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Desks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to an improved desk, and I declare that the following is a full, clear, concise and exact description thereof, suliicient to enable one skilled in the art to make andv use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout.

The invention has to do particularly 'withl what may be called a knock-down desk, that is, one which is made up of a number of parts assembled without the aid of xed members so that the members which attach the various parts can be' removed and the desk be packed in a very small compass for shipment.

The invention includes various particu-y lars set out in the following specifications and claim. f

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the desk; Fig.` 2 is a perspective view showing one of the drawers, the guides on which it is moved to and fro and a portion of the body of the desk, parts being broken away and certain parts being shown in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the locking mechanism by which certain parts of the desk are held firmly together when assembled.

Referring to the figures in detail, the desk comprises the top A, the standards B, one of which is at each corner of each pedestal and which support the top of the desk which is to be secured thereto by any suitable means.

C shows one of the endpanels. It will be understood that the other panels, such as the inner ones and the other end panel and the rear panels, are similar and areto be connected with the standards or pillars B, as will be explained.

D illustrates cross-bars which are suitably connected to the corner pieces or pillars B by suitable meanswhich are not, however, particularly pointed out as they may be such as a mechanic of ordinary lskill Will adopt.

They may be heldin the same Way as the panels, as hereafter shown.' i

vl?) represents the drawers which are supported on the cross-bars D. The drawers are made up of a number of pieces of such form as to be readily united. These several parts are preferably of sheet metal.'`

Referring particularly to Fig. 3 it` will be seen that the corner posts or standards B are formed to be corners of the desk and are in the shape of metallic strips or angle irons bent at right-angles longitudinally and having the edges inturned, as indicated at 1. The paels C are correspondingly inturned, .as indicated at 2, so that the panel will interfit with thev corner posts or stand-v ards B. F represents a key which consists of a metallic strip having its edges cut out,

as at e, to conform to the curvature of the edge of the panel C. The key F is slipped downward in the corner post or standard B with its cutout edges e bearing against the curved edges 2 of the panels C. The key F is of a length equal to the united and upset edges 1 and 2, so that when it is slipped in place it holds them in close engagement and prevents any disengagement of the parts. Referring to Fig. 3 particularly, it will be noticed that the key F separately locks each of the panels C to the key F and the corner piece B and that the two panels engaged at one corner do not touch each other and that either of said panels is not necessary for the complete holding of the other panel. In

vother words, one such panel, the key and the corner piece may be assembled and the other panel added thereafter as desired or after the corner has been assembled with both the panels, one panel may be removed `from the construction by movement longitudinally of the key without taking the other members apart.

On the back panel of the desk, referring to Fig. 2, is secured a pilaster G which is placed there to hold one end of the guides cut out, as at k', to ride upon the guide H which is located below the drawer, so that the drawer is supported at its inner or rear end on the guide which lies below the drawer by means of contact of the plate on said guide and is prevented kfrom tilting to either side by engagement of the extension ls in the guide which'lies above the drawer. The drawer is also supported at its front end on the cross-bars D. The drawer has yon each side a strip L with a curve extending longitudinally thereof, the strip lying with its convex surface outward. This strip serves to keep the drawer in position relative to the cross-bars D and the corner pillars B as the drawer is drawn to and fro. So that the drawer at the front end rests on the cross-bar D and is guided in its movement to and fro by engagement of the extensions on plate K in guides which lie above and below the drawer and by the bearing of the strips L against the corner posts or standards, the drawer being by these several means held against tilting on either side and being guided' in a straight movement to and fro.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: f

In a desk, the combination of two panels having their edges overturned outwardly and spaced from each other, an angle corner piece having its edges overturned inwardly to engage the overturned edges of the respective panels, and a key inserted in said corner piece and on opposite corners engaging and separately locking each of said panels to the corner piece and' allowing the removal of either panel longitudinally of the key without releasing the j oint made by the other panel, the corner piece and the ke lrn testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

l FRANK B. STEVENS. Witnesses:

H.' C. BUCK, ELEANoR T. DE GIORGI. 

